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I was trying to add a favicon to a website earlier and looked for a better way to implement this than to dump a favicon.ico file in the root of the website.
I found this nice little guide: How to Add a Favicon. However, the preferred method did not work in IE (7) and the second method is the old fashioned way (which I resigned myself to use).
Is there a third method that works across all the most popular browsers?
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SVG would be nice, but is not supported by all browsers. So the easiest solution is still to just use PNG images. Google explicitly says they don't support 16x16 or 32x32 icons. For Google results, you need to include at least one icon that is a multiple of 48x48.
This document does not discuss in detail how to create a favicon image. However, the format for the image you have chosen must be 16x16 pixels or 32x32 pixels, using either 8-bit or 24-bit colors. The format of the image must be one of PNG (a W3C standard), GIF, or ICO.
A favicon can actually be either a PNG, GIF, or ICO file. However, ICO files are typically used more than others as the file size is smaller and it is supported in all major browsers. PNGs are used more commonly for IOS, Android, and Windows 10 devices.
Today, favicon. ico still has widespread support across a variety of browsers. However, more contemporary websites tend to use favicon.
This is what I always use:
<link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
The second one is for IE. The first one is for other browsers.
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